U.S. House Republicans plan to vote this week on a “No Budget, No Pay” bill, which would mean no members of Congress get paid until the U.S. Senate passes a budget. The Senate hasn’t passed a budget since 2009.

Tuesday, Kentucky U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Bowling Green, shared a link on his FaceBook page of a graph produced by the office of Speaker of the House John Boehner as an illustration of why Congress should not be paid until a budget is passed.

The post on Speaker of the House website containing the graph is titled “179 Round Trips to the Moon & 7 Other Things You Could Do in the Time Since Senate Democrats Last Passed a Budget”.

Some of the examples of accomplishments that could be done in the almost four year time span were floating across the globe nonstop in a hot-air balloon approximately 73 times and being able to climb Mount Everest 292 times.

Freshman U.S. Rep. Andy Barr, R-Lexington, released the following statement on the “No Budget, No Pay” bill:

“Given the government’s spending addiction and our ever-increasing national debt, Members of Congress should not get paid if they fail to fulfill the most basic responsibility of governing. Congress should produce a credible plan to address the nation’s spending crisis before passing any long-term increase in the debt limit.”

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul takes jabs at House GOP leadership on debt ceiling

U.S. House Republican leaders also are expected to call for a in the next week a bill that would postpone the fight over raisng the nation’s $16.4 trillion debt ceiling for four months. But U.S. Senator Rand Paul is criticizing the House GOP leadership on their actions in the face of confrontation with President Obama.

Politico reported Tuesday that Paul spoke to a group of conservative leaders in South Carolina, and took jabs at the leadership of the lower chamber.

According to the article, Paul made comments such as, “I saw the speaker on TV handing the newly sworn-in president a flag. I am afraid it was the white flag of surrender”.

The comments were fueled by the Republican party’s internal debate over how aggressively to use the borrowing limit as leverage against the White House.

The House GOP plan would allow the government to continue to borrow money to pay its bills without violating the debt ceiling until May 18.

About Pure Politics

Pure Politics airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. ET and again at 11:30 p.m. ET in all of cn|2's Kentucky markets. The program features political analysis and news, as well as interviews with officials, candidates, policy makers and political observers.